The Russian star feels his team are being treated too harshly for what happened after the fight on Saturday night

Stuart Atkins

Joshua Jones

11 Oct 2018, 17:36

Updated: 11 Oct 2018, 17:40

KHABIB NURMAGOMEDOV has threatened to quit the UFC if his team-mate is banned for hitting Conor McGregor during the Las Vegas brawl.

Zubaira Tukhugov was involved in the aftermath at the T-Mobile Arena after the lightweight champion attacked Dillon Danis.

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Khabib Nurmagomedov has threatened to quit the UFC if Zubaira Tukhugov is bannedCredit: Alamy Live News

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Tukhugov was involved in the post-fight brawl and could face suspension by the authoritiesCredit: Getty - Contributor

But the unbeaten star believes it would be unfair to punish Tukhugov, who has a 18-4 win record in MMA, especially after McGregor attacked the Nurmagomedov bus in April.

Khabib took to Instagram to vent his frustrations at the situation in a lengthy post.

He said: "I would like to address @ufc. Why didn't you fire anyone when their team attacked the bus and injured a couple of people? They could have killed someone there, why no one says anything about insulting my homeland, religion, nation, family?

"Why do you have to punish my team, when both teams fought. If you say that I started it, then I do not agree, I finished what he had started.

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"In any case, punish me, @zubairatukhugov has nothing to do with that."

In the post, he added that he believes McGregor was the one who started the fight in the Octagon after landing the first blow.

Khabib continued: "If you think that I’ll keep silent then you are mistaken. You cancelled Zubaira’s fight and you want to dismiss him just because he hit Conor. But don’t forget that it was Conor who had hit my another Brother FIRST, just check the video.

"If you decide to fire him, you should know that you’ll lose me too. We never give up on our brothers in Russia and I will go to the end for my Brother. If you still decide to fire him, don’t forget to send me my broken contract, otherwise I'll break it myself."

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Khabib promised to stick by his Russian brothers and will not be bullied by the UFCCredit: Getty Images - Getty

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McGregor was involved in the ugly scenes in the Octagon afterwards and was struck on the head by one of Khabib's teamCredit: Twitter

Khabib and McGregor have still not received their money for the fight on Saturday night because it is being withheld.

But the Russian told the UFC to keep the purse and added he hopes they do not get it "stuck in your throat".

He said: "And one more thing, you can keep my money that you are withholding. You are pretty busy with that, I hope it won’t get stuck in your throat.

"We have defended our honor and this is the most important thing. We intend to go to the end. #Brothers."